February 17, 2012 : Occupy Hits Fashion Week, Opens PAC

San
Jose Mercury News Occupy Oakland has its own place
in the lexicon of Occupys. Today charges move forward against two
activists accused of brutalizing the police. Fair to say, Oakland has
seen more violence than any other Occupy, graphic journalist Susan
Caigle presents her own graphical narrative of Occupy Oakland in
today's truthout

A Decatur, GA resident has
applied for an Occupy Wall Street PAC, according to CBSnews.com.
While the applicant claims to be one of the 99%, and inspired by
Colbert's PAC , which is recently said to have raised $1M in
contributions.

To get protesters out of their squares, state legislators attmept to
pass no camping resolutions to gain eviction notices. Occupy
Nashville awaits the word in Tennessee, amidst delays at the state
level. Tennessean.com

After jousting with Santorum, it looks like the lights have gone out
on Occupy Tacoma, literally. Bellingham
Herald

The challenge for the 99 percent seems to be how and what to
do after the authorities evict them from the town quare. A variety of
paths are taken around the country :

Occupy
Olympia
is holding a “national teach-in” this weekend - with
hopes of drawing national activists from Occupy Wall Street in New
York and other cities across the country. Thenewstribune.com

Also
this weekend, members of Occupy
Delaware
will take part in a rally in Newark before a big event Saturday in
Wilmington in cooperation with Occupy Philadelphia.Newsworks.org

Gawker
and others say that Fashion Week is going to be visited tomorrow by
OWS who certainly have their own sense of fashion. Occupy Wall Street
plans to arrive at the Calvin Klein show at West 39th St. tomorrow at
2pm, after a long march from lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park.

The Harvard students occupying
Lamont Library in solidarity with soon to be reduced staff there held
a “think tank” in which they planned next steps. Harvard
Crimson

Occupy New Paltzclaim the Mayor who initially
supported them is harassing them and are attempting to set up camp.
The Mayor called them childish and said they “don't represent the
Occupy Movement.” recordonline.com

Huffpost
Lisa Haisha talks about why she both “loves and hates” the Occupy
Movement right now.

Finally, offering his own assesment, former President Jimmy
Carter terms the Occupy movement “relatively successful.”
Patch.com